(EDITOR'S NOTE -- Today, June 27, 2016, would have been the 89th birthday of the great CBS-TV children's TV host, Bob Keeshan, better known to the Baby Boomer generation as "Captain Kangaroo." Keeshan passed away in 2004, and I've spent years trying to recover the telephone interview I did with him as a St.... Continue Reading →
George Carlin’s ‘7 Dirty Words’ infect revealing bio by James Sullivan
Today's Guest: James Sullivan, author, 7 Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin George Carlin’s career had a funny arc. A high school dropout, he started as a pretty straight-arrow radio disc jockey in the 1950s, developed a stand-up comedy act with fellow DJ Jack Burns—later famous as half of Burns and Schreiber—and... Continue Reading →